The Yves Rocher Environmental Foundation has awarded its 2009 Trophée de femmes to LPP founder Ilse Koehler-Rollefson.

“The start of her engagement was a meeting with camel herders in Rajasthan,” says the foundation’s website. “They told her about their difficult situation and she discovered that the root of their problems was the loss of their traditional grazing grounds.”

Since then, Ilse has campaigned for offical recognition of the role herders play in conserving biological diversity. “Pastoralist cultures are keepers of important knowledge about how people can interact with nature in a sustainable way,” she says.

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The fourth edition of News from Drynet has three articles relating to LPP:

Obliterated African animal cultures leave behind genetic treasures. LPP project coordinator Ilse Köhler-Rollefson visited South Africa in December 2008, and learned that indigenous livestock breeds have been given a new lease of life by commercial breeders.

Livestock Keepers’ Rights and Niche Marketing Workshops in Cape Town, South Africa: A report on LPP’s back-to-back workshops on Livestock Keepers’ Rights and on niche marketing from local livestock breds.

LPPS launches an innovative product : Paper from camel dung: LPP partner Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan’s world first eco-friendly paper.

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“It is remarkable to see the interconnectedness of the economy in vivid relief,” says
The Economist. “Today’s story… involves the cross price elasticity of demand between oil and…well, just read for yourself.”
The article quotes LPP’s Ilse Koehler-Rollefson and LPPS’s Hanwant Singh talking about the price of camels in Rajasthan.